Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a not-for-profit, ensemble-based theater company based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in the mid-1970s. It produces plays and other performance pieces and operates youth arts education and professional development programs for emerging theater artists.www.steppenwolf.org
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Oct 14, 2026
Lindsay CummingsGUEST
We are right downtown Chicago.
Lindsay CummingsGUEST
We partner with all of the amazing theaters in Chicago, Goodman Theater, Steppenwolf, the Lyric Opera.
Lindsay CummingsGUEST
We have students performing all over the city all of the time.
Lindsay CummingsGUEST
We have a lot of internship opportunities also for our students to be performing and actively involved, not even just performing, but behind the scenes, working in costumes, working backstage.
Jonathan CakeHOST
...
Jonathan CakeHOST
in the Steppenwolf show.
Joe MantelloGUEST
Yeah.
Jonathan CakeHOST
Balm in Gilead.
Jonathan CakeHOST
Right.
Joe MantelloGUEST
And then I go and see this production, uh, of Balm in Gilead.
Joe MantelloGUEST
It was one of the first times Steppenwolf had come to New York, and I saw this performance at the center of it that was nothing but idiosyncratic and special, and all of the things that we've been talking about, about what she brings to the stage.
Joe MantelloGUEST
And it was this moment of, "Oh, that's it.
Will HarrisHOST
Well, you talk about early dramatic work.
Will HarrisHOST
I want to ask you about, you actually worked at the Steppenwolf.
Neil FlynnGUEST
Yeah.
Neil FlynnGUEST
That was a, that was a, they were starting right about the time that I moved to Chicago out of college.
Neil FlynnGUEST
Yeah.
Neil FlynnGUEST
um with acting you don't you know well guys as i've said to myself many times with any accomplishment well at least i could say i did this you know when it's when it's your biggest thing so far at that time being in um i think my cat is in my lighting you're blocking my my lighting pal Sitting there staring at me on the arm of the sofa, casting a shadow.
Neil FlynnGUEST
Well, anyway, though, so yes, I was able to do a couple of shows at Steppenwolf.
Neil FlynnGUEST
And at the time I was that was the proudest accomplishment that I had up to that point.
Kristen Kemp SnyderGUEST
And it really made an impact on him.
Kristen Kemp SnyderGUEST
And then he did end up doing a play with Steppenwolf Theater called Tracers that really told the true story of the Vietnam veteran experience.
Kristen Kemp SnyderGUEST
And he was still really focused on just honoring them.
Kristen Kemp SnyderGUEST
And then the role of Lieutenant Dan Taylor came up and he's like, okay, I'm getting that.
Paul AdelsteinGUEST
I think there...
Paul AdelsteinGUEST
One, one of the weird things, um, I think there was something in the water, and I think that there wa- uh, I think that that has to do with Chicago at that time, Steppenwolf Theatre, the kind of hard-nosed acting that they were, that was, that had started in Chicago and had gone wide.
Paul AdelsteinGUEST
Or even the comedy in Chicago that had started in Chicago and gone wide.
Paul AdelsteinGUEST
Second City stuff.
Jordan MorrisHOST
[laughs] A racist vampire I is, I is.
Jesse ThornHOST
Julian, when we come back, I'm going to need you to tell me, Laurie Metcalf from Roseanne and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, how many men it takes, men and women and enbies-
Jordan MorrisHOST
[laughs]
Jesse ThornHOST
... to get, to get a sperm whale back into the ocean.
Oliver CamachoHOST
She has worked previously with Lyric Opera on their The Fuck Totem and A Night of Melancholy and Infinite Sadness.
Oliver CamachoHOST
She has additional credits from Steppenwolf Theatre, the Goodman Theatre, and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.
Oliver CamachoHOST
And she's the executive director of her own company called ASL Muse.
Oliver CamachoHOST
We will dive right into this Inside the Huddle with Vera Marie Baldoza, and I asked her to rewind it back to her start in her career as an ASL interpreter.
Adam RubinGUEST
Ooh
Joni FollettoCORRESPONDENT
... um, at the Merle Reskin Space at the Steppenwolf Theatre.
Adam RubinGUEST
Okay.
Joni FollettoCORRESPONDENT
Okay.
Michelle NavarroPANELIST
[mellow music] Hey, Michelle here.
Michelle NavarroPANELIST
At the end of today's episode, I've got a sponsored interview with Steppenwolf Theatre.
Michelle NavarroPANELIST
Brooke Flanagan, their executive director, is going to talk to me about wrapping up their milestone 50th season and what's coming next as they kick off this whole new era, brought to you by Steppenwolf Theatre.
Michelle NavarroPANELIST
Stick around.
Michelle NavarroPANELIST
You're gonna wanna hear this one.
Michelle NavarroPANELIST
Brooke, thank you so much for joining me on City Cast Chicago.
Brooke FlanaganGUEST
Thank you, Michelle, and we hope all of Chicago will, uh, accept our invitation to come see a play at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Michelle NavarroPANELIST
If you wanna catch Steppenwolf's new season, starting with Topdog/Underdog, or learn more about their Visiting Artist Series and education programs, head to steppenwolf.org.
Michelle NavarroPANELIST
Thanks for listening to City Cast Chicago.
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